Towards Securing the Internet of Things with QUIC
Lars Eggert
Abstract
This paper is the first to evaluate the feasibility of deploying QUIC, a new UDP-based transport protocol currently undergoing IETF standardization, directly on resourceconstrained IoT devices. It quantifies the storage, compute, memory and energy requirements of the Quant QUIC stack on two different IoT platforms, and finds that a minimal standardscompliant QUIC client currently requires approximately 58 to 63 KB of flash and can retrieve 5 KB of data in 4.2 to 5.1 s over 0-RTT or 1-RTT connections, using less than 16 KB of heap memory (plus packet buffers), less than 4 KB of stack memory and less than 0.9 J of energy per transaction.
Topics & Concepts
Computer scienceInternet of ThingsThe InternetInternet privacyComputer securityWorld Wide WebComputer networkIoT and Edge/Fog ComputingAdvanced Malware Detection TechniquesUser Authentication and Security Systems